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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does the Chinese junk have to pay tribute?
(a) The French.
(b) The Dutch.
(c) Pirates.
(d) No one.

2. For what are the nests good?
(a) Medicinal purposes.
(b) Use in cooking birds' nest soup.
(c) For constructing strong ropes.
(d) For starting fires quickly.

3. What does the landing party find?
(a) Only about forty natives.
(b) No one.
(c) A pirate's nest.
(d) Hundreds of native corpses.

4. Who fixes the problem with the Nutmeg Consolation's sailing problem?
(a) Oakes.
(b) Aubrey and Richardson.
(c) Pullings.
(d) Miller.

5. What Passage does his ship run down?
(a) Salibabu.
(b) Great Horned.
(c) Zanzibare.
(d) The Straits of Pukuoni.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maturin deliver the treaty?

2. Approximately how many men are marooned on an unnamed island?

3. How long does it take to repulse the attackers?

4. Where does the French captain plant to bring on water aboard?

5. What does Maturin do to supplement the food supply?

(see the answer key)

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